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First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost

The Verge • 2026-09-07T19:51

China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphics processor inside its custom Xring O3 chip. What's so special about that? After five years of development, Arm now has […]

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China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played.

Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphics processor inside its custom Xring O3 chip.

What's so special about that?

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